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ETHNIC AND RACIAL HERITAGE

The Census provides two different ways for respondents to indicate their heritage. The method shown here pertains to Asians, American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and persons of Hispanic ethnicity. As a part of the race and ethnicity questions on the short form of the 2000 Census, members of these groups were asked to indicate one or more categories of racial or ethnic origin. In the case of Americans Indians and Alaskan Natives, respondents were given the opportunity to identify their affiliation with one or more tribes.

Asian Ancestries, including Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI), 2000
Percent of Percent of Asian/
Number Total Population NHPI Population
Total Non-Asian, Non-NHPI 1,393,513 90.65% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 143,682 9.35% 100.00%
Total Asian 142,618 9.28% 99.26%
Southern Asian 16,677 1.08% 11.61%
Asian Indian 14,630 0.95% 10.18%
Bangladeshi 819 0.05% 0.57%
Pakistani 952 0.06% 0.66%
Sri Lankan 276 0.02% 0.19%
Southeastern Asian 11,689 0.76% 8.14%
Cambodian 67 0.00% 0.05%
Filipino 8,654 0.56% 6.02%
Indonesian 297 0.02% 0.21%
Laotian 25 0.00% 0.02%
Malaysian 448 0.03% 0.31%
Thai 828 0.05% 0.58%
Vietnamese 1,370 0.09% 0.95%
Eastern Asian 112,151 7.30% 78.06%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 86,085 5.60% 59.91%
Hmong 4 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 14,325 0.93% 9.97%
Korean 10,848 0.71% 7.55%
Taiwanese 889 0.06% 0.62%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2,101 0.14% 1.46%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,064 0.07% 0.74%
Polynesian 473 0.03% 0.33%
Native Hawaiian 246 0.02% 0.17%
Samoan 218 0.01% 0.15%
Tongan 5 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 4 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 162 0.01% 0.11%
Guamanian or Chamorro 148 0.01% 0.10%
Other Micronesian 14 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 16 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 13 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 413 0.03% 0.29%

* Southern Asian includes Asian Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan.

** Southeastern Asian includes Cambodian, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese.

*** Eastern Asian includes Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese.

Hispanic Ancestries, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Number Total Population Hispanic Population
Total Non-Hispanic (All Races) 1,119,379 72.82% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 417,816 27.18% 100.00%
Mexican 30,391 1.98% 7.27%
Puerto Rican 119,718 7.79% 28.65%
Cuban 11,950 0.78% 2.86%
Dominican 136,283 8.87% 32.62%
Central American 9,433 0.61% 2.26%
Costa Rican 663 0.04% 0.16%
Guatemalan 1,146 0.07% 0.27%
Honduran 2,726 0.18% 0.65%
Nicaraguan 1,038 0.07% 0.25%
Panamanian 1,120 0.07% 0.27%
Salvadorian 2,173 0.14% 0.52%
Other Central American 567 0.04% 0.14%
South American 25,193 1.64% 6.03%
Argentinian 2,585 0.17% 0.62%
Bolivian 250 0.02% 0.06%
Chilean 1,154 0.08% 0.28%
Columbian 5,368 0.35% 1.28%
Ecuadorian 10,291 0.67% 2.46%
Paraguayan 123 0.01% 0.03%
Peruvian 2,486 0.16% 0.59%
Uruguayan 276 0.02% 0.07%
Venezuelan 1,649 0.11% 0.39%
Other South American 1,011 0.07% 0.24%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 84,848 5.52% 20.31%
Spaniard 1,982 0.13% 0.47%
Spanish 6,645 0.43% 1.59%
Spanish American 718 0.05% 0.17%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 75,503 4.91% 18.07%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 1,534 61.12% 0.10%
2. Cherokee 317 12.63% 0.02%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 172 6.85% 0.01%
4. Pueblo 89 3.55% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 60 2.39% 0.00%
6. Apache 42 1.67% 0.00%
7. Iroquois 40 1.59% 0.00%
8. Sioux 40 1.59% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 27 1.08% 0.00%
10. Choctaw 27 1.08% 0.00%
11. Navajo 22 0.88% 0.00%
12. Creek 15 0.60% 0.00%
13. Delaware 15 0.60% 0.00%
14. Eskimo 15 0.60% 0.00%
15. Seminole 14 0.56% 0.00%
16. Osage 11 0.44% 0.00%
17. Lumbee 8 0.32% 0.00%
18. Cheyenne 7 0.28% 0.00%
19. Cree 7 0.28% 0.00%
20. Chickasaw 6 0.24% 0.00%
21. Ottawa 5 0.20% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 5 0.20% 0.00%
23. Yaqui 4 0.16% 0.00%
24. Comanche 3 0.12% 0.00%
25. Paiute 3 0.12% 0.00%
26. Potawatomi 3 0.12% 0.00%
27. Tohono O'Odham 3 0.12% 0.00%
28. Crow 2 0.08% 0.00%
29. Pima 2 0.08% 0.00%
30. Yuman 2 0.08% 0.00%
31. Aleut 2 0.08% 0.00%
32. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.08% 0.00%
33. All Other Alaskan Tribes 2 0.08% 0.00%
34. Houma 1 0.04% 0.00%
35. Kiowa 1 0.04% 0.00%
36. Shoshone 1 0.04% 0.00%
37. Yakama 1 0.04% 0.00%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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